This week’s baby name news has me wondering: what makes a name truly off limits? I don’t mean names that just aren’t your style, but names that actually strike you as inappropriate, even unfair, to give to a child.

It’s a tough line to draw. Some names are fine until they’re paired with a specific surname, like famed Texas philanthropist ImaHogg. Others have associations that are difficult to shake, be they positive or otherwise. Would you name a child Elmo? Adolfseems like a burden, but what if your beloved grandpa was an Adolf?

Creative respellings put many parents off, while others have negative reactions to surnames, invented names, place names … the list is endless. But when does it cross the line from not for me, thanks, into who does that?